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Bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a teenage girl - A rare presentation in Arab population - A case report

Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) usually presents as unilateral and has acute onset. In Arab population, the proportion of open- and closed-angle glaucoma is similar. To the best of our knowledge, chronic PACG in very young age is rare. We share a case report of a teenage girl with advanced gla...

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Autor principal: Alzuhairy, Sultan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Qassim Uninversity 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30983947
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description Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) usually presents as unilateral and has acute onset. In Arab population, the proportion of open- and closed-angle glaucoma is similar. To the best of our knowledge, chronic PACG in very young age is rare. We share a case report of a teenage girl with advanced glaucomatous changes and, on gonioscopy, had synechia and closed angle of anterior chamber. She was treated by bilateral laser iridotomy and topical glaucoma medication. The author concludes that, even at very young age, in the absence of predisposing factors for secondary glaucoma, the patient should be investigated for PACG and managed accordingly.
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spelling pubmed-64364442019-04-12 Bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a teenage girl - A rare presentation in Arab population - A case report Alzuhairy, Sultan Int J Health Sci (Qassim) Case Report Primary angle closure glaucoma (PACG) usually presents as unilateral and has acute onset. In Arab population, the proportion of open- and closed-angle glaucoma is similar. To the best of our knowledge, chronic PACG in very young age is rare. We share a case report of a teenage girl with advanced glaucomatous changes and, on gonioscopy, had synechia and closed angle of anterior chamber. She was treated by bilateral laser iridotomy and topical glaucoma medication. The author concludes that, even at very young age, in the absence of predisposing factors for secondary glaucoma, the patient should be investigated for PACG and managed accordingly. Qassim Uninversity 2019 /pmc/articles/PMC6436444/ /pubmed/30983947 Text en Copyright: © International Journal of Health Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a teenage girl - A rare presentation in Arab population - A case report
title Bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a teenage girl - A rare presentation in Arab population - A case report
title_full Bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a teenage girl - A rare presentation in Arab population - A case report
title_fullStr Bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a teenage girl - A rare presentation in Arab population - A case report
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a teenage girl - A rare presentation in Arab population - A case report
title_short Bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a teenage girl - A rare presentation in Arab population - A case report
title_sort bilateral angle closure glaucoma in a teenage girl - a rare presentation in arab population - a case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6436444/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30983947
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